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Our team of enterprising editors bring years of experience covering the fleet industry. We offer a deep understanding of trends and the ever-evolving landscapes we cover in fleet, trucking, and transportation.  

Newsby StaffJuly 23, 2015

Starbucks partners with ride-sharing co. Lyft for rewards program

Includes a plan to reward Lyft drivers and customers in the U.S. with My Starbucks Rewards “stars” that will count toward food and beverages at Starbucks stores.

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Newsby StaffJuly 23, 2015

ARBOC names new VP, sales and marketing

In his new position, Bill Fay will oversee all of the sales and marketing activities including developing, implementing and executing go-to-market strategies for new and existing ARBOC products.

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Newsby StaffJuly 23, 2015

BusRates.Com, Distinctive Systems form partnership

New software integration will streamline lead management and track charter bookings.

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Newsby StaffJuly 23, 2015

Chicago's Metra meets on-time goal for 4th straight month

For the first half of 2015, the systemwide on-time performance rate was 95.8%. Metra, which is also tracking the top causes for train delays, also reported that 735 of 17,433 trains were tardy by six minutes or more in June.

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Newsby StaffJuly 23, 2015

BC Transit to rollout devices to aid visually impaired

Trekker Breeze + will be installed on every Victoria Regional Transit bus starting this fall, which will provide clear and precise GPS annunciation of stop on transit, helping visually-impaired individuals to easily find their way around town

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Newsby StaffJuly 23, 2015

Falcon Electric supplying ITS for Verrazano-Narrows Bridge

More than a dozen of its SSG Series uninterruptible power supply units have been protecting the Intelligent Traffic System of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge since August 2013 against power outages.

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Newsby StaffJuly 23, 2015

Senate votes to advance transportation bill debate

The 62-36 vote came just a day after a majority of senators balked at approving a motion to proceed to debate on the bipartisan bill, which was negotiated by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and James Inhofe (R-OK).

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Photo Galleriesby StaffJuly 23, 2015

[Photos] New York City Transit Select Bus Service M86

New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT), together with MTA NYC Transit, unveiled a new Select Bus Service route along 86th Street in Manhattan on July 13, 2015. This corridor currently serves 24,000 commuters daily and is the busiest route citywide per mile. This marks the 8th SBS in the city and provides direct connections to twelve different bus routes.

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Newsby StaffJuly 23, 2015

Utah mayors seek to raise transportation taxes

Fifteen of the 16 cities in Salt Lake County have passed resolutions that support placing a vote on this year’s ballot according to the Salt Lake Tribune.

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Newsby StaffJuly 23, 2015

Two Calif. Central Valley cities select Proterra Catalyst zero-emission buses

San Joaquin Regional Transit District Tulare County's Porterville Transit plans to procure two Catalyst buses each.

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